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Molekule Air Purification Solutions Distributed In Korean Market With Increasing Global Demand

Molekule, the front-runner in reinventing air purification, announced that its award-winning Photo Electrochemical Oxidation (PECO) air purification solutions will be distributed to consumers in the Korean market through an exclusive agreement with COSMO & COMPANY, Inc. Cosmo will oversee the distribution of Molekule products, including the award-winning Molekule Air Mini and Air Mini+, across numerous channels, including e-commerce, high-end retail department stores, and general electrical...

Carrier Plans To Reduce Customers' Carbon Footprint By 2030

Carrier Corporation announced the company's first set of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) goals since becoming an independent company in April. Building on the company's vision to create solutions that matter for people and our planet, Carrier is targeting carbon neutrality across its operations by 2030. The company is also aiming to reduce its customers' carbon footprint by more than one gigaton, supported by a planned investment of more than $2 billion over the next 10 years towa...

REHVA To Present Seminar At The KGH 51st International HVAC&R Congress And Exhibition: The Serbian HVAC&R Virtual Congress

REHVA (Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations) has announced that they will take part in the KGH 51st International HVAC&R Congress and Exhibition: the Serbian HVAC&R Virtual Congress that will be held online from 2nd December to 4th December 2020, confirming the longstanding collaboration with KGH. 51st International HVAC&R Event Following the welcome greetings from the REHVA President, Frank Hovorka, REHVA (Federation of European Heating, Ve...

CIPHE Gives Key Insights To Clear Confusion On The Government’s ‘Ten Point Plan For A Green Industrial Revolution’

There’s been a flurry of activity on the drive to hit Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Government’s recently announced ‘Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution’ has pledged to implement the ‘Future Home Standard’ in the shortest possible timeline, extend the ‘Green Homes Grant’ for another year and aims to set out the ‘Heat and Buildings Strategy’ in 2021. However, confusion reigned, when due to a clerical error, a promi...

Air Quality Management Firm, PuriFi Labs Announces Formation Of The Scientific Advisory Board

PuriFi Labs, who creates whole-building air and surface purification systems, has announced the formation of its new Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), comprised of prominent research experts and pioneers in the field of plasma physics. The SAB will help guide the company's journey toward cleaning indoor air of tested particulates, viruses, bacteria, odors, smoke, mold, ozone, and harmful chemicals. Americans, on average, spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors, where the concentrati...

Island Heating & Air Conditioning Highlights The Key Signs That Show The Home Heating Unit Needs To Be Upgraded

With temperatures in the US state of Washington rising into the 90s in the summer and falling below freezing in the winter, home owners need a reliable heating system to keep their loved ones comfortable, during seasonal temperature swings. Unfortunately, these temperature fluctuations take their toll on the house’s HVAC system. Home HVAC system upgrade During the summer, heat exchangers have to work overtime and transfer thermal energy through the evaporator coils. In the hot season, th...

LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA Expands Robust Portfolio Of Single- And Multi-Zone Products With LGRED Technology

LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA has expanded its robust portfolio of single- and multi-zone products with LGRED (Reliable to Extreme Degrees) technology, bringing powerful heating capability to more single zone products, so as to push the industry forward in the electrification of residential and light commercial building sectors. Single zone products with LGRED Boasting superior heating capacity performance down to 5 °F and continuous heating operations down to -13 ˚F, products featu...

HVAC Equipment And Home Appliances Firm, Midea Inks Global Partnership With Mumbai City Football Club

Midea, one of the world’s renowned home appliances, HVAC systems and air treatment solutions companies has announced a new global partnership with Mumbai City Football Club (MCFC). Midea has become Mumbai City Football Club’s official home appliances, white goods & HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) solutions partner. Sponsorship partnership with MCFC For the 2020-21 Indian football season, Midea branding will feature on the sleeves of the Mumbai City Football Club...

Ventilation Improvements Via Green Homes Grant Offer A Crucial Opportunity To Tackle Poor Indoor Air Quality, As Per BEAMA And SAGE Experts

As the evidence around the health impacts of poor indoor air quality (IAQ) continues to build, experts from across the ventilation sector have come together to drive awareness amongst installers and the wider public that the Green Homes Grant can cover ventilation improvements alongside insulation installations. Green Homes Grant scheme The UK Government scheme, which launched back in September 2020, aims to support improvements to energy efficiency and indoor air quality (IAQ). The scheme hig...

Adcock Announces Success Of Sawston Community Fun Run & Walk Event To Raise Funds For Charity

Adcock (Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ltd.), globally renowned HVAC systems and equipment servicing and maintenance firm, announced that they are delighted about the fantastic achievement at the Sawston Community Fun Run & Walk, for which they were pleased to be an official sponsor. The Rotary Club of Cambridge Sawston have raised a little over £20,000 for local good causes from this fun community run event, which was organized in October, 2020. Sawston Community Fun Run...

Honeywell Unveils Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners With UV Systems And New Line Of IAQ Sensors

Honeywell has announced expanding its holistic Healthy Buildings Air Quality offering to help improve and measure commercial building indoor air quality (IAQ) with the introduction of Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners (EACs) with UV Systems and a new line of indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors. Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners Honeywell EACs with UV help remove impurities from the air as well as provide filtration and disinfection, without significantly impeding air flow. The new IAQ sensors inc...

Aircuity Releases ‘Air Quality As A Service’ Solution To Accelerate Safer Building Re-Openings

Aircuity, the globally renowned provider of measurably better environments, has introduced ‘Air Quality as a Service’ (AQaaS), a new indoor air quality (IAQ) solution that helps building owners create ‘healthy buildings’ that meet both COVID-19 re-entry and longer term air quality requirements. ‘Air Quality as a Service’ (AQaaS) As an operating expenditure, Aircuity's AQaaS requires no or low upfront capital, making it easier and faster to deploy in existing...

Guide To Enhance Air Quality By Air Docs Heating & Cooling

Air Docs Heating & Cooling encourages everyone to get involved in seeking cleaner, healthier air for their homes and businesses. In addition to many health benefits, clean air is just more pleasant to have around. As such, here is their guide to air quality on the Treasure Coast and beyond. 1. Stats on Air Quality Before getting started, it is important to know the statistics regarding air quality. Here are a few choice takeaways from the EPA: Americans spend about 90% of their time in...

ASHRAE Learning Institute Offers New HVAC Design And Operations Training Program

Registration is now open for HVAC Design and Operations training through ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI). The training course will run from December 2020 through June 2021. HVAC Design training “As technology continues to change, the need for training that incorporates the latest building performance solutions will become critical,” said 2020-21 ASHRAE President Chuck E. Gulledge III, P.E., adding “ASHRAE’s HVAC Design training offers comprehensive professional developm...

Ariston’s Electric Water Heaters Offer Effective And Efficient Water Heating For Rental Properties

Renowned water heating manufacturer, Ariston has a range of high quality, energy efficient products designed with landlords, HMOs and rental properties in mind. Ariston’s electric water heaters are reliable, robust and suitable for buy-to-let applications including apartments, family homes, bed sits and en-suite rooms as an alternative to traditional cylinders. UK landlords are legally responsible for ensuring their tenants have adequate hot water at all times. They are also responsible f...

Sustainability Is One Of The Key Pillars Of The Plymovent Vision, Mission And Strategy

Sustainability is one of the key pillars of the Plymovent vision, mission and strategy. In the past years, they have taken several initiatives to comply with this principle. In 2019, Plymovent became a true energy neutral company by installing over 1600 solar panels on the roof of its Global Head Office and Logistics Center in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. The entire production location in Thailand was already equipped with solar panels earlier. Plymovent becoming an even greener company In Novem...

York By Johnson Controls Launches Hx3 Communicating Zoning System, Smart Home Comfort Solution

The YORK brand of Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart and sustainable building solutions, and the architect of OpenBlue connected solutions, unveiled a new complete home comfort system with state-of-the-art zoning technology, offering improved, high-efficiency comfort with simplified installation and setup. Hx3 Communicating Zoning System The Hx3 Communicating Zoning System gives consumers ultimate control of individual room temperatures, in up to eight zones that they ca...

Eurovent Announces Inclusion Of J2 Innovations As The Association’s Newest Associate Member

The European HVACR industry association, Eurovent has announced extending its scope of representation with the addition of J2 Innovations to its Associate Members list. Following a formal approval of the Eurovent Board of Directors, J2 Innovations, globally renowned provider of control and management software for HVACR equipment, has joined Eurovent (Association for Indoor Climate, Process Cooling and Food Cold Chain Technologies) as its newest Associate Member. FIN Framework software platform...

EDF Partners With Daikin UK To Offer Customers Low Carbon Heating Solutions

EDF has joined forces with eco-heating technology brand Daikin UK to help its customers make their homes more energy efficient, discover low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuels for heating and hot water, and deliver on the shared goal of accelerating the decarbonization of homes in the UK. The partnership will guarantee EDF customers access to a range of high-quality heat pumps from trusted supplier Daikin, and tariffs backed by zero-carbon electricity. Green Homes Grant It will also play an...

TGA Associations Present Updated Version Of The Position Paper On Building Information Modeling

A total of 14 associations from the field of technical building equipment (TGA) have presented an updated version of the position paper on Building Information Modeling (BIM). In the paper, last published in January 2018, with the title, ‘Electronic product data exchange in technical building equipment (TGA) and its integration in Building Information Modeling (BIM)’, the authors formulate two key requirements: Electronic product data are used worldwide. Therefore, the German sta...

Adcock Hired By ISD Solution To Provide Refrigeration Services At The University Of Nottingham Centre For Biomolecular Science

Adcock was employed by ISD Solutions to provide refrigeration services in cold room suites for the new build project at the University of Nottingham Centre for Biomolecular Science, to include internal LED lighting, temperature, and fault monitoring system, and associated mechanical and electrical installation. Supplying & Installing Refrigeration Systems The project entailed supplying and installing remote refrigeration systems to 4 off chilled cold rooms and 4 off freezer cold rooms spre...

Airxchange Announces That The Company Is Joining Madison Industries

Airxchange, a globally renowned manufacturer of innovative, segmented and washable energy recovery wheels is joining Madison Industries.  Airxchange produces energy recovery solutions that perform reliably and effectively for the life of the HVAC system, while reducing energy consumption and improving indoor air quality. Airxchange joins Madison Industries “Madison Industries’ mission aligns perfectly with that of Airxchange – specifically, to make the world safer, heal...

Baxi Heating Offers Heating And Hot Water Tips For Schools

Andy Green, Technical Director at Baxi Heating, offers half-term tips to ensure that the schools can rely on a reliable and efficient heating and hot water system heading into winter. As schools prepare to close their gates to all but key workers’ children, the half-term holiday is the perfect time to check on the heating and hot water system. Air quality Air quality and ventilation hygiene, along with cleanliness, have been the key areas of focus for school operators in recent months t...

Fort Collins Heating And Air Conditioning Explains Why Geothermal Heating Is The Way To Go For Home Owners

Geothermal heating equipment is one of the best investments that a home owner can make for their property and comfort. Of course, for those not working with trained and experienced professionals, geothermal is about as risky as it gets. The unique installation process for this type of equipment grants it many benefits. It also means that home owners really need to work with installers and professional service technicians that know what they’re doing. Geothermal heating systems For home...

Johnson Controls Unveils KOCH Multi-Pleat Green13 Filter For Enhanced Indoor Air Quality In COVID-19 Period

Johnson Controls, a globally renowned solutions provider for smart and sustainable buildings, is offering a high efficiency pleated air filter that provides an affordable solution instead of costly HEPA filtration upgrades. Its MERV 13 performance rating make the filter an excellent upgrade in existing equipment for applications such as hospitals, laboratories and pharmaceutical plants, commercial office buildings, industrial plants, or any HVAC system in which a higher degree of clean air is d...

NSK Unveils New Heat Treatment Facility At Its Toyama Plant In Japan To Protect Supply Chains

NSK customers around the world, including those in Europe, are set to benefit from the construction of a new heat treatment facility at the organization’s NSK Toyama plant, in Japan. The move comes as part of a continuous effort to strengthen the structural resilience of the NSK Group, while simultaneously providing a productivity and efficiency boost. NSK Toyama heat treatment facility Following the completion of the ¥3 billion (approximately 23.78 million euros) heat treatment plan...

Hubbell Lighting Introduces SpectraClean™ 254 Germicidal Lighting Solutions

Hubbell Lighting, a front-runner in lighting innovation, announced the launch of a series of ultraviolet (UVC) germicidal lighting solutions for the commercial lighting marketplace. SpectraClean™ 254 is an expansion of Hubbell Lighting's award-winning SpectraClean portfolio, which launched in 2019 with 405 nanometers (nm) solutions. The portfolio features a series of luminaires that leverage developments in the disciplines of lighting science and microbiology to combine white and ultravi...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Announces The Launch Of EcoAdviser AI-Enabled Energy Software

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that the company's new EcoAdviser data-analysis and diagnostic software (MES3-EAP1-AI) for increased energy savings at manufacturing facilities will be released on October 26, 2020. Maisart AI technology The innovative new software uses Mitsubishi Electric's Maisart Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for highly effective energy-saving functions, such as identifying energy losses, diagnosing potential energy-loss factors and quantifying the exp...

CIPHE Offers Stark Warning Regarding Rise In Home Burn Admissions During The COVID-19 Period

The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) is offering stark warnings to both the Government and house holders on the National Burn Awareness Day, as the number of contact burns from heating appliances skyrocketed by 25% and scalding incidents from taps rise by 9%. The NHS Digital Hospital Episode Statistics for England 2019-2020 shows: Admissions for burn injuries caused via contact with heating appliances, radiators and pipes rose by 25%, from 797 (2018-2019) to 99...

Carrier Corporation Announces Release Of AquaSnap Air-Cooled Scroll Chiller Range With R-32 Refrigerant

Carrier AquaSnap scroll chiller range is now available with R-32 refrigerant, which improves performance and reduces direct greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80%, compared to the previous range using R-410A refrigerant. The innovative air-cooled range meets requirements for the European F-Gas phase-down of HFC refrigerants and Ecodesign requirements for 2021. Carrier, a globally renowned provider of high-technology heating, air conditioning and refrigeration solutions, is a part of Carrier Glob...

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